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Plan a Group Visit to the Museum of Natural History!

If you join us for a field trip you can engage with the museum in 3 ways: a tour, a workshop, a self-guided visit, or a combination. These opportunities are created for K-2, 3-5, and 6-8 grades. They are specifically designed to address Colorado Academic Standards. Reservations are required for group visits to the museum. Please reserve at least two weeks in advance.Ìý

• ToursÌýare designed as interactive learning experiences based on museum exhibits, where participants use objects, inquiry, and critical thinking skills to discover, wonder, and reflect. This program is an hour in length.
• WorkshopsÌýare designed as sit-down, in-depth learning experiences for students that involve hands-on problem-solving activities demonstrating the scientific processes discussed. A workshop is a content-rich, stand-alone experience. This program is an hour in length.Ìý

Pairing a tour and workshop together provides a two hour in-depth educational experience for students.

• Self-Guided Visits include self-guided materials to enhance your group's tour of the museum. These visits require reservation but do not cost a fee.Ìý

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Cost:

• Tour: $2 per person
• Workshops: $5 per person
• Tour and Workshop booked together: $4 per person
• Minimum $20 booking

Reservations are required for group visits to the museum. Please reserve at least two weeks in advance.Ìý

Please eitherÌýrequest a guided visit online or contact the Museum Education Office by telephone at (303) 492-1033 or email museumed@colorado.edu.Ìý

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Available Tours and Workshops:

Museum HighlightsÌý

Stories from the Collection (tour)
The CU Museum has the largest natural history collection in the Rocky Mountain region with over five million objects. Learn the stories behind some of the highlights of the collection in this hands-on, interactive tour of the Museum.

Paleontology

Clues to the Past (tour)
Learn how fossil plants and animals reveal clues to the past and explore how life has changed over time in this hands-on, interactive tour of the Paleontology Hall.

Let's Learn about Fossils (workshop)
Explore different types of fossils and investigate how plants and animals become fossilized. Â鶹ÒùÔº use paleontology tools to excavate their own fossil to take home.Ìý

Anthropology

Unearthed: Ancient Life in Boulder Valley (tour)
Learn about the ancient stone tools found in Boulder — known as the Mahaffy Cache — and what science has revealed about them in this hands-on, interactive tour of the Unearthed exhibition.

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